Westchester Index

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Economic Security

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What does this measure?

The share of rental housing units with people paying 30% or more of their income in rent.

Why is this important?

The federal government considers 30% of income a threshold for affordable housing. Renters paying more than 30% of their income in rent are considered cost-burdened and may struggle to afford other basic needs.

How is Westchester County performing?

In 2018-22, 50% of rental units in Westchester County had residents whose housing costs were above the affordability threshold. That was higher than the national level of 46% and just above the state rate of 49%. Westchester's rate improved 2 percentage points from 2013-17.

Westchester's rate was lower than Rockland at 55%, similar to Nassau at 51%, and slightly higher than Putnam at 48%. Municipalities with the some of the highest shares of cost-burdened units include Peekskill and New Rochelle, both at 54% and Mount Vernon at 52%.

Notes about the data

Multi-year figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census.

Rent Burdened Households

	2013-17	2018-22
Westchester County	52%	50%
Nassau County	53%	51%
Putnam County	52%	48%
Rockland County	59%	55%
New York State	50%	49%
Mount Vernon	56%	50%
New Rochelle	54%	54%
Peekskill	64%	54%*
Rye City	40%*	33%**
White Plains	50%	47%
Yonkers	52%	52%
Westchester County Towns
Bedford	67%*	58%*
Cortlandt	52%	52%
Eastchester	53%	58%*
Greenburgh	42%	44%
Harrison	40%*	43%*
Lewisboro	50%***	60%**
Mamaroneck	39%	49%*
Mount Kisco	54%*	32%**
Mount Pleasant	53%	48%
New Castle	23%***	48%***
North Castle	33%**	67%**
North Salem	55%**	35%***
Ossining	56%	54%
Pelham	33%**	37%**
Pound Ridge	30%***	22%***
Rye	60%	50%
Scarsdale	35%**	31%***
Somers	52%*	52%**
Yorktown	47%*	37%**
Westchester County Villages
Ardsley	36%***	50%***
Briarcliff Manor	44%***	75%**
Bronxville	40%**	46%***
Buchanan	43%***	46%***
Croton-on-Hudson	55%**	39%**
Dobbs Ferry	39%*	44%**
Elmsford	39%**	43%**
Village of Harrison	40%*	43%*
Hastings-on-Hudson	56%*	43%**
Irvington	65%**	37%***
Larchmont	18%***	66%***
Village of Mamaroneck	52%	47%*
Village of Mount Kisco	54%*	32%**
Village of Ossining	58%	53%*
Village of Pelham	33%**	40%**
Pelham Manor	34%***	25%***
Pleasantville	62%**	51%***
Port Chester	61%	48%
Rye Brook	53%**	78%***
Village of Scarsdale	35%**	31%***
Sleepy Hollow	59%*	50%*
Tarrytown	40%*	41%**
Tuckahoe	57%*	62%*

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.

Number of Rent Burdened Households

	2013-17	2018-22
Westchester County	69,201	69,734
Nassau County	45,492	42,031
Putnam County	3,213	2,673
Rockland County	18,489	18,030
New York State	1,693,038	1,697,128
Mount Vernon	8,540	8,657
New Rochelle	7,622	7,763
Peekskill	3,088	2,489*
Rye City	522*	559**
White Plains	5,253	5,294
Yonkers	20,427	22,098
Westchester County Towns
Bedford	1,088*	784*
Cortlandt	1,964	1,631
Eastchester	1,791	2,255*
Greenburgh	3,767	4,107
Harrison	1,226*	1,167*
Lewisboro	213***	156**
Mamaroneck	1,350	1,557*
Mount Kisco	933*	409**
Mount Pleasant	2,275	2,025
New Castle	97***	227***
North Castle	150**	390**
North Salem	170**	97***
Ossining	2,664	2,824
Pelham	307**	301**
Pound Ridge	61***	29***
Rye	4,184	3,452
Scarsdale	181**	163***
Somers	409*	556**
Yorktown	919*	744**
Westchester County Villages
Ardsley	110***	166***
Briarcliff Manor	196***	395**
Bronxville	157**	190***
Buchanan	71***	59***
Croton-on-Hudson	459**	228**
Dobbs Ferry	567*	624**
Elmsford	308**	300**
Village of Harrison	1,226*	1,167*
Hastings-on-Hudson	430*	302**
Irvington	281**	176***
Larchmont	100***	388***
Village of Mamaroneck	1,664	1,281*
Village of Mount Kisco	933*	409**
Village of Ossining	2,362	2,371*
Village of Pelham	245**	263**
Pelham Manor	62***	38***
Pleasantville	357**	237***
Port Chester	3,139	2,707
Rye Brook	416**	382***
Village of Scarsdale	181**	163***
Sleepy Hollow	1,422*	1,290*
Tarrytown	704*	759**
Tuckahoe	847*	1,102*

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